If it looks like a hair in a coat of clear lacquer than it's just a clear coat crack and it's VERY common in fiberglass boats. If it's deeper than the clear coat and actually goes down into the gel, then it's a true stress crack and worthy of being fixed. My 901 does have a couple "crows feet" clear coat cracks by the small item trays and a couple by the rod locker lids....BUT they are only as deep as the clear coat and if they were fixed,..there's a good possibility that they'll come back again and most likely look worse than the original cracks, so I'm not going to bother getting them fixed. They are in no way jeopardizing the structural integrity of the cap and they won't get any worse over time....they all happened the 1st year I got the boat and I have not developed any new ones over the last 2 years. That tells me that the boat has flexed all it's going to and won't crack any further. Again,..they're only in the clear coat and although most people think all "cracks" are serious and worthy of being fixed,.....anybody with bass boat experience knows that these types of cracks are NOT serious and they will never be eliminated from a fiberglass boat that is used on any kind of BIG water with 3-5ft waves......it's just the nature of the material and it's unavoidable!! PERIOD!!
Tom,..don't confuse your gel coat with your clear coat...your cracks sound like "clear coat" cracks and NOT gel cracks....your gel is the color...in your case, burgandy and gold.....if the crack is actually going down into the color then I'd get it fixed,..but if it's just the clear coat, and it lookis like a hair....easily hidden with wax,..then I wouldn't even bother with a repair!! They'll probably reappear again anyway and that'll only make you made after spending the $$...spend it on more tackle instead! LOL. If you've only got 1 little crack and it's around a drop in tray,..then I'd say you've got an awesome 929 and you're a lucky man!! To make a really fair evaluation though,..I need to see the crack, but it really sounds like clear coat to me and not worth the hassle of a repair. just my opinion though!! If tracker agrees to cover it under warranty though,...what the heck..have it fixed! Your glass guy is the real expert though, but he's also looking at it from a business perspective too...he'll get paid for fixing it!! LOL,....whether or not it actually NEEDS to be fixed is another story....doesn't sound like it to me.
Mac
